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1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
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1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment were in Colchester with 11th Brigade, 4th Division when war broke out in August 1914. This Division was held back from the original British Expeditionary Force by a last minute decision to defend England against a possible German landing. The fate of the BEF in France and the lack of any move by the Enemy to cross the channel, reversed this decision and the 1st Hampshires moved to Harrow to prepare to proceed to France. They landed at Le Havre on the 23rd of August 1914 arriving in time to provide infantry reinforcements at the Battle of Le Cateau, the Divisional Artillery, Engineers, Field Ambulances and mounted troops being still en-route at this time. They were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres and in 1916 moved south and were in action during the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were at Arras, in action during the The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, before heading north for the Third Battle of Ypres, where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, then returned to Flanders fighting in the Defence of Hinges Ridge during The Battle of Hazebrouck and in The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders The Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. The 4th Division was demobilised in Belgium in early 1919.
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206663 Pte. William Sidney Newberry 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.4th Oct1917) I am sorry but I do not know anything about Wiliam Newberry, he was my great grandfather and I would like to know something about him. Please, if anyone has any information could you forward it to me.
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205985 Pte. William Alfred Hemmett 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.25th April 1916) My Grandad died in April 1916, which was a quiet month for casualties from the Hampshire Regt. He did not die in action, but from a hemorrhage . He is buried at the Military Cemetery, New Hannescamps, Pas de Calais. |
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